I mentioned a few months ago that we’ve been hunting for an apartment. But it was something we didn’t really took seriously. The idea was there but no real action was taken. Until a couple of days ago, that is.
An unprecedented event sort of pushed us to move and really find a new apartment, fast. So in a span of just two days (one and a half days actually), we found ourselves talking to a few realtors (who also sell motorhome) in our area for some help in finding a new apartment.
And just a few hours ago, we made an offer on an apartment we visited early this morning. It’s not as “fancy” compared to where we’re currently living, but it will do.
The owners are really nice, sort of like one’s old grandparents. The neighborhood is quiet. And there’s a parking slot for our car. I can finally have the painting repaired and have Cedric’s name erased on the car’s hood. 
Plus, if things don’t go as smooth as we want, we can always move. We’re looking at it as something temporary. We’ll see.
Two Sundays ago, my friend Allan had his son baptized, and I was chosen as one of the godfathers. After the short ceremony, true to Pinoy culture, we had a mini pictorial at the church. Since we also brought our own camera, I asked another friend to take photos of the event. Before heading to the reception venue, I stole a small glimpse of the snapshots and to my amazement realized how big I’ve gotten. This is by far the biggest I’ve been. I look so…uhm… round.
And when we arrived at the reception venue, no amount of appetite suppressant was enough to hold me back. There was so much food, and huge red prawns! I can always diet another time.
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I think I just saw one of the best films this year. It’s called Red Cliff.
The film was directed by the great John Woo, stars Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Fengyi, among others, and is considered the most expensive Asian movie to date with a budget of US$80 million.
The epic movie is based on events of the Battle of the Red Cliff at the end of the Han Dynasty. It was actually released in two parts, but outside of Asia, it was compressed into a 2.5-hour movie.
I was able to watch the first part in dibidi last night, and it was just awesome. It tells the story of how Prime Minister Cao Cao eliminates “rebels” and plans to conquer the southern province ruled by the emperor’s cousin. It narrates the events that go through as Cao Cao travels with his 800,000 imperial army to the southern province (makes you wish there were long distance movers then) and prepares for the ultimate battle at Red Cliff.
Now I have to go back to Ruins and get the second part.
(Photo Source, NOT the real Cedric)
Last Saturday morning, after I had my car washed and was hurrying as we were late for a friend’s baby’s christening, my wife noticed this scratch on my car’s hood that reads Cedric that no auto insurance quote will approve. And you know who Cedric is? Our little chubby naughty kid neighbor upstairs.
A few months ago, he accidentally broke our water tank’s faucet, which thus drained our water supply. He got some serious beating when his dad found out. We felt so sorry for the kid. And now that his name is neatly engraved on my car’s hood, I don’t know if we should tell?
What do you think?
Back in my day, we were too poor to buy toys. Really, who needs toys when you have playmates ready to play at the break of dawn, even before having breakfast. One just needs to clap their hands to signal that a playmate is already waiting outside. I don’t think I have a playmate then who needs to know how to lose belly fat fast from being overweight. We’d play from sunrise to sunset. And when the moon is particularly bright one night, which is perfect for playing taguan (hide and seek), we’d play some more.
I’m sometimes amazed when I see the toys that kids have these days. They have it good. Online PC games, Facebook, PS3, and PSP. Real good. Just look at Yuan’s latest toy.
And to give you a bit of perspective on how big his car is, here’s a shot with an old jeep in the background.
It’s a battery-powered car. It has a pedal, much like a real car, that the rider can use to steer the car. But since Yuan is still too young to operate it himself, it also has a remote control that we can use so he can still ride it. The lights work too!
I want one too.
We should always spoil our wives. They put up with us.
That was one of our pastor’s tweets last week that my wife showed me. And with that, she asked permission to go out with her bestfriend J. Of course, I grudgingly agreed (who was I to argue with our pastor, plus he does make a good point), and I was left to do the dishes in kitchen sinks while she shopped.
One of the disadvantages of having your own site is that you are responsible for everything, as in every tiny detail like header, footer, sidebars for live chat and adverts, and other options. And my main site (Buhay Bahay-Bahayan) is no different from everyone else’s.
About a month ago, I noticed that the amount of Spam comments has rapidly increased. Usually, I’d get around 100 Spam comments everyday caught by Akismet, a plugin I used. And I scan all of these comments as some legit ones are accidentally being tagged as Spam.
But for the past month, it has dramatically increased to around 500 a day. Naturally, I can’t scan all 500 comments everyday, So it piles up, which slows down the site (I think) and I then have to just delete all Spam without scanning, loosing (possibly some) legit comments too.
About three days ago, I chanced upon this Wordpress plugin that blocks Spam comments. It’s called WP Captcha Free, and it is just awesome. If you have a Wordpress site, I really, really think that you should have this. Really.
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